DSTV (South Africa): SA’s Nuclear Future (Video)

South Africa’s government is forging ahead with its ambitions to acquire nuclear energy and wants the first reactor online by 2023. While the Department of Energy wants to finalise a strategic partner by the end of the year and has signed framework agreements with the Russians, the Americans, the Chinese, the French and the South Koreans, the programme remains shrouded in secrecy. Is the project viable? And, what is the true cost? Carte Blanche investigates.